I am a political sociologists primarily interested in social movements led by minority group coalitions. My main focus is the social movement life cycle. Much of social movement research has to do with the emergence and rise of social movements, but I am interested in what happens after that. How do social movements navigate changing political and cultural climates, declining media attention and engagement with constituents and opponents, and dwindling resources? And how do they maintain themselves so they might emerge on the other sides of periods characterized by unfavorable conditions? My works brings together social movement studies, minority collective identities and cultural knowledge, and advanced research design to achieve a better understanding of the social movement life cycle.

My dissertation research looks at contemporary patters of LGBTQ activism in the United States in the wake of seme-sex marriage legalization. I am asking what happens to social movement after they get what they want, or after they “win.” Using a mixed methods research design, this question is investigated on three level: 1) the level of individual activists; 2) the level of movement organizations; and 3) an aggregated level aiming at capturing national-level patterns of LGBTQ activism.

I am also working on two other research projects. The first is looking at the intersection of LGBTQ activism, nationalism, and the state in my home country of Israel and is based on my M.A. thesis research. And the second is looking at geographical patterns of Black Lives Matter protest in the United States. Work based on both research projects have been presented in conferences and are forthcoming in print.

Book Chapters

Einhorn, Tom. [In progress]. LGBTQ Politics in Israel.

Einhorn, Tom and Catherine Corrigall-Brown. 2023. “Political Organizations.” In Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology, edited by M. Grasso and M. Giugni. Elgar.

Van Kauffman, Rachel, Tom Einhorn, & Gad Yair. 2017. “Answering the Need for Identity: ‘Massa’ and Israeli identity Building.” In Yair, G. (ed.), Massa Israeli, pp. 71-104. Tel Aviv: Yediot Sefarim. [Hebrew]

Yair, Gad., Tom Einhorn, & Rachel Van Kauffman. 2017. “A School for Teachers: The Adaptation of ‘Massa’ Pedagogy.” In Yair, G. (ed.), Massa Israeli, pp. 193-202. Tel Aviv: Yediot Sefarim. [Hebrew]

Reports and Policy Papers

Yabo, Mariela & Tom Einhorn. 2019. The Provision of Assistive Devices in Selected Countries. RR-816-19. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.

Haran, Dafna, Tom Einhorn, Nurit Guedj, & Lital Barlev. 2019. Participation in Society of Persons with Disabilities: An International Review of Measurement Tools to Identify Persons with Disabilities. RR-813-19. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.

Eyal, Yonatan, Tom Einhorn, & Dafna Haran. 2019. Practical Aspects of Personal-Budget Service for People with Disabilities: Review of the Literature. RR-800-19. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.

Barlev, Lital, Tom Einhorn, & Gabbi Admon-Rick. 2019. People with Disability in Israel: Selected Statistical Data for the 2018 Calendar Year. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.

Works in Progress

Einhorn, Tom. “Residential Segregation and Protest: The Case of the 2020 BLM protest Wave”

Einhorn, Tom. “Gendered Pathways into LGBTQ Activism in Israel”

Einhorn, Tom. “Homonationalist opportunities: The Rise of Contemporary LGBTQ Activism in Israel.”

Conference Presentations

Einhorn, Tom. 2022. “The Impact of Residential Segregation on BLM Protest.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. August 7, Los Angeles, California.

Einhorn, Tom. 2022. “Residential Segregation and the 2020 BLM Protest Wave.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. May 19, Zoom.

Einhron, Tom. 2020. “Gendered Pathways to LGBTQ Activism in Israel.” Paper scheduled to be given annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, California. Conference Canceled due to Covid-19.

Einhron, Tom. 2020. “Gendered Pathways to LGBTQ Activism in Israel.” Paper scheduled to be given annual meeting of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. London, Ontario. Conference Canceled due to Covid-19.

Einhron, Tom. 2020. “Gendered Pathways to LGBTQ Activism in Israel.” Paper given at the annual meeting of the Israeli Sociological Association. February 25, Bar Ilan, Israel.

Einhorn, Tom. 2018. “Homonationalism and LGBTQ Activism in Israel.” Paper given at the annual meeting of the Israeli Sociological Association. January 30, Be’er Sheva, Israel.

Public Sociology

Articles and Op-eds

Einhorn, Tom. 2023. “Anti-government protesters are reclaiming the Israeli flag from the far-right.” The Conversation, May 25.

Einhorn, Tom & Catherine Corrigall-Brown. 2023. “Art Attack: Protest Takes Aim at the Climate Crisis”. Contexts 22(2):60-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/15365042231172471

Interviews

Dempster, Michael. 2020, September 1. “For Right-wing LGBT Israelis, There Are Two Closets to Come Out Of.” Haaretz.

2024            Patricia Marchak International Research Scholarship in Sociology

2023            Kurt and Ann Paulus Memorial Scholarship

2019-2023  UBC Four Year Fellowship

2019-2023  UBC International Tuition Award

2019-2023  UBC President’s Excellence Award

2022            Kurt and Ann Paulus Memorial Scholarship

2019             Kurt and Ann Paulus Memorial Scholarship

2018-2019  Luxembourg Scholarship for Student Research

2017-2019   Shaine Center for Research in the Social Sciences Scholarship

Undergraduate Courses

SOCI 101 Social Interaction and Culture

SOCI 102 Inequality and Social Change

SOCI 200 Sociology of the Family

SOCI 224 Sociology of Personal Life

SOCI 310 Canadian Society

SOCI 312 Gender Relations

SOCI 320 Diversity in Family Forms

SOCI 328 Social Statistics I

SOCI 380 Sociological Methods: Survey Research

SOCI 382 Sociological Methods: Qualitative Research

FMST 314 Relationship Development

FMST 316 Human Sexuality